Aviation pioneer Lawrence Hargrave may lend name to airport

By Glen Humphries
May 14 2014 - 10:00pm
Honouring: Wollongong city councillor Leigh Colacino at Stanwell Park beach, the site of Lawrence Hargrave's ground-breaking aviation research. Wollongong City Council has approved his plan to suggest naming the Badgerys Creek airport after the aviation pioneer.Picture: KIRK GILMOUR
Honouring: Wollongong city councillor Leigh Colacino at Stanwell Park beach, the site of Lawrence Hargrave's ground-breaking aviation research. Wollongong City Council has approved his plan to suggest naming the Badgerys Creek airport after the aviation pioneer.Picture: KIRK GILMOUR

Wollongong city councillors will support a suggestion to name Sydney's new airport after Stanwell Park's aviation pioneer Lawrence Hargrave.

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